The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-05-26

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10 LOCKED after more closely 10 The ~
!, tare
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George Reed rccenty srcn. week Il
New Hampshire where be went 10 puf
Chase . stoek horse Afier locking III
: groupd all over be selected three yea
old sired by Msmbrino Willis. dam b,
kerssrss q descendant OF Ethan Alltn
! This colt, combining the blood Of ihs
Wilkses and Morsans. 10 one Of the besi
bred horses In the state. and II b,
: turns out ~ wcll ~ bis owner bias righi
: 10 expect be will have marked infneues
90 The coming horses 10 this vicinity A
, further description Of The colt may b,
J ound among the sdve easements
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The pas, week has been very warm
! and dry for this season Of the year.
-Myron y. Roberts has been quite sick
but is nov reported to be on The gain.
--Elibu Flower daughter has been
slarmlpgly sick She is now getting much
better.
Mr.. Henry Gilbert Of Rutherford, n.
j.. is spending short vacation at the
Beebe house.
DIR. Burton aud wife are 10 town, at
the old homestead. All are glad 10 meet
the doctor aud his wife.
Rev, Bernard Coping announced to
his people last Sunday that he had accept'
ed call from church Ia Massachusetts,.
10 take effect July LIST. Mr. Couplings
many friends were very much surprised
and are wholly unable TO account for this
sudden turn OF affairs
"A young man. apparently about 70
years OF age. drove in at the Beebe House
on Tuesday, the IL, at about 9 P NJ aud
wished 10 stop over the night. A lad OF
about l6 years accompanied him. They
drove black horse, slightly lame with
scratches. hsrnessed to top buggy nearly
new. On being told that be could be
entertained, he asked what his bill would
be, and when finding out what his
bill would be he decided to put up. The
elder OF the two gave his name as Austin,
and said they were residents OF Towns
bend, Vt. The elder one Was quite par
ticular to ascertain all about the time OF
retiring, rising and breakfastiug, etc, at
the Beebe house, claiming for himself that
he was late riser and late to retire He
proposed to pay his bill before retiring.
and did so. He claimed to be dealer in
wagons, blankets, lap robes, etc. Now
the sequel. The morning Of the 18th
came and the clock struck before the
two guests had arisen. Tue young man,
Martin j. Nelson, who does the work at
the Beebe house. had fed the travellers
horse as he was requested to do aud gone
to his daily work about the farm. By
s o'clock the said Austin and boy had
arisen and taken breakfast AS the young
man Martin had gone to his work in the
field, as they intended he would be at that
late hour. it gave the guests the very
opportunity they had been waiting for, to
Wit, to harness up themselves and steal
what they had seen the evening previous
that would be most easily secreted 10 their
buggy. AT about s o'clock while Austin |
went into the house to procure informa
tisn relative to the towns north OF here,
the lad harnessed the horse and drove up.
The said Mr.. Austin OF Townshend rose
up to depart and thanking the proprietors
OF the house for their hospitality and
kindness bid them good morning, prom
ising TO call again as opportunity might
offer, got into their carriage aud went in
the direction OF West Pawlet Soon after
the party had gone it began to rain and
Martin left the field and went to the barn
for shelter He happened into the wagon
house where are two cupboards for storing
and keeping harness and other trappings.
In one OF the cupbosrds be had hanging
string OF bells which we're found to be
1t took but moment TO guess
where they had gone. He threw the har..
ness on his horse, took in the sheriff and
made for West Pawlet. He there bad
papers made out for their arrest. He
searched their carriage, found his bells
md horse brush. The thieves we're
arrested, plead guilty, restored the goods
o the owner, paid $3.50 and were let GO
o steal again. They had rolled III their
carriage three lap robes and two horse
all for sale and having the ap
oearance OF having been used more or less
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